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Peggy Noonan’s recent article at the Wall Street Journal, "America Is at Risk of Boiling Over," makes for an excellent case study in how to construct a pretense of neutrality while actually pushing a partisan agenda.
While appearing on the surface to be a fairly level-headed an politely biased bit of work, in reality it’s just as partisan as any diatribe by Beck, Coulter, or Limbaugh; the only difference is that Noonan’s readers are ostensibly a little smarter than the average Becketable and must therefore be manipulated more subtly.
Let’s take a look at how Ms. Noonan earns her keep.
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